252 terms start with “w

Water

páluun ‘be situated in water’; tíluun ‘sit in water’; ƛúpwaaluun ‘jump into water’; wáluun ‘go into water’; wáaluun ‘run into water’; yáwaač̓aak ‘hang onto in the water (as snails or eels)’.

Water

íyaƛ̓pi ‘pour, moisten, water’; šapáčuun ’cause to drink’; yáx̣ƛ̓pi ‘wet, make wet, sprinkle, put water on’; čúuta ‘fetch water’; šáptiyaluun ‘drive into water’; čáwaalaytk̓i ‘take out of water’; šapáluun ~ tamáluun ‘put in water, soak’; tɨ́x̣laluun ‘see reflection in water’; tunáluun ‘put the foot in water’; tkʷápaluun ‘put the hand in water’.

Water birch

ašnɨ́pš ‘water birch, Betula occidentalis‘ (also for ‘bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata‘).

Water-hemlock

alamíla ‘waterhemlock, Cicuta douglasii‘.

Water-lily

kalamát ‘yellow waterlily, Nuphar polysepala‘.

Water skipper

túytuy ‘water skipper (Gerridae)’. Also čuušnaknuwiłá ~ čuušlakluwiłá.

Waterfall

waapáykt; k̓ʷɨ́p ~ k̓úp.

Watermelon

málalsCitrullus vulgaris‘.

Watermilfoil

yawastakíns ‘Eurasian or spiked watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum‘.

Wave

amúyn ‘wave (of water)’; wáylatn ‘wave, undulate (such as grass in the wind)’.

Wave

tkʷápwina ‘wave the hand’.

Wavewing

šyapɨ́špš ‘turpentine wavewing, northern Indian parsnip, Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceum‘.

Wavy

q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́š; q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́šni (tútanik q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́š ‘wavy hair’; q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́šni tútanik ‘wavy hair’).

Wax

čawaaƛ̓waykáwas ‘thread wax’.

Way

čáy ‘this way’; kʷáy ‘that way’; čáy ku čáan ‘this way and that’; čáw míš ‘no way’; k̓áapt ‘in the way’; k̓áank ‘blocking, in the way’; kúušx̣i ‘in the same way, similarly’; wiyá- ‘on the way’.

Way

tananáwit ~ tanánwit ‘the Indian way’.

We

  1. =na ‘we, us, ours, our’ (inclusive);
  2. =nataš ‘we, us, ours, our’ (exclusive).

We

  1. náma ‘we’;
  2. napiiní ~ nápiin ‘we two’ (dual).

Weak

šaláw ‘tired, lazy’; kláa ‘tender, vulnerable, frail, easily hurt’.

Wealth

tanwáytt ‘valuables’; wɨšaaníkt ‘valuable item, treasure’; pč̓íwit ‘possessions, property’; x̣ax̣aykʷáwit ‘financial wealth’.